Okay, this might take me a little bit to get through because there were twenty dang questions in Puzzle Twelve, so please don’t begrudge me for getting right down to business!
One quick note, before we begin: If you entered an alternate solution that I did not give you credit for that you believe you SHOULD have gotten credit for, please let me know. I did a quick check if I couldn’t figure out your answer, but if I missed a track, feel free to educate me!
Reverse Cover Song 1: Clean Play
Reverse Cover Song 1 Reversed: “Dirty Work”
Reverse Cover Artist: Deely Stan (or Dteely San)
Notes: I did have a couple of DC/ACs in the spreadsheet, but the reverse version of the AC/DC song would have been “Clean Bills of Sale Started Sky Expensive.”
Correct Answer Percentage: 86.36363636%
Reverse Cover Song 2: Do Go After I Give Too Little
Reverse Cover Song 2 Reversed: “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”
Reverse Cover Artist: Jichael Mackson (or Dteely San)
Correct Answer Percentage: 90.90909091%
Reverse Cover Song 3: (You Can Give Yes) Displeasure
Reverse Cover Song 3 Reversed: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
Reverse Cover Artist: The Stolling Rones (or The Solling Rtones or She Rolling Ttones)
Notes: I would like to hear a song by this name.
Correct Answer Percentage: 100%
Reverse Cover Song 4: Died to Stand Motionless
Reverse Cover Song 4 Reversed: “Born to Run”
Reverse Cover Artist: Sruce Bpringsteen (or my preferred, Spruce Bringsteen)
Shout out to Puzzler Jay W. who also included “and the Stree Beat And”
Notes: I wanted to give it up for Rana del Ley, but her song is “Born to Die" and standing motionless and dying are too similar. Or, if you’re Bernie from Weekend at Bernie’s, the exact same thing.
Correct Answer Percentage: 90.90909091%
Reverse Cover Song 5: Snooze You When March Begins
Reverse Cover Song 5 Reversed: “Wake Me When September Ends”
Reverse Cover Artist: Dreen Gay
Correct Answer Percentage: 100%
Reverse Cover Song 6: The First Mortar Out the Floor
Reverse Cover Song 6 Reversed: “The Last Brick in the Wall”
Reverse Cover Artist: Fink Ployd
Correct Answer Percentage: 100%
Reverse Cover Song 7: Stop Mine Lease Way
Reverse Cover Song 7 Reversed: “Go Your Own Way”
Reverse Cover Artist: Meetwood Flac
Notes: “Lease” instead of “own” was when I knew this puzzle was a classic piece of literature. (Also, how good a band name is “Meetwood Flac?”)
Correct Answer Percentage: 100%
Reverse Cover Song 8: You Won’t Never Hate Me
Reverse Cover Song 8 Reversed: “I Will Always Love You”
Reverse Cover Artist: I accepted either Polly Darton or Hhitney Wouston
Notes: If you were curious, 10 Hhitneys, 6 Polly, and 6 named both
Correct Answer Percentage: 100%
Reverse Cover Song 9: Occasional Apnea I Give
Reverse Cover Song 9 Reversed: “Every Breath You Take”
Reverse Cover Artist: Phe Tolice
Notes: I previously did not know that “apnea” literally translated to “cessation of breathing,” but I’m glad that word was there when I needed it.
Correct Answer Percentage: 95.45454545%
Reverse Cover Song 10: Good Contempt
Reverse Cover Song 10 Reversed: “Bad Romance”
Reverse Cover Artist: Gady Laga
Alternate Accepted Answer: Eric Clapton has “Bad Love” which feels close enough for me, so: Cric Elapton
Correct Answer Percentage: 100%
Reverse Cover Song 11: Over Relaxation
Reverse Cover Song 11 Reversed: “Under Pressure”
Reverse Cover Artist: Endless variations swiriling David Bowie and Queen together, including a few “Bavid Dowie and King”s.
Correct Answer Percentage: 100%
Reverse Cover Song 12: The Shortest Space
Reverse Cover Song 12 Reversed: “The Longest Time”
Reverse Cover Artist: Jilly Boel
Correct Answer Percentage: 100%
Reverse Cover Song 13: Surrender the Impotence
Reverse Cover Song 13 Reversed: “Fight the Power”
Reverse Cover Artist: Eublic Penemy
Correct Answer Percentage: 95.45454545%
Reverse Cover Song 14: Building Up the Empty Field
Reverse Cover Song 14 Reversed: “Burning Down the House”
Reverse Cover Artist: The Halking Teads
Correct Answer Percentage: 90.90909091%
Reverse Cover Song 15: Who’s Returning Off
Reverse Cover Song 15 Reversed: “What’s Going On”
Reverse Cover Artist: Harvin Maye
Alternate Accepted Answer: Kudos to Puzzler Dan B. who used their math skills to flip a positive integer to create “¼ Bon Nlondes”
Correct Answer Percentage: 95.45454545%
Reverse Cover Song 16: Let’s Not Stop Sane
Reverse Cover Song 16 Reversed: “Let’s Go Crazy”
Reverse Cover Artist: Prince going by a single name traditionally resulted in some creative answers. I had anticipated “Rince and the Prevolution” but got opposites in the form of “Rince Pelson Nogers” and “Princess.”
Alternate Accepted Answer: Other reverse artists with a song by the same name include: Daul Pavis, Kori Telly, Bris Chrown and Mannah Hontana. I had no idea there were so many songs by this name and, as you might expect, I regret the amount of work this question cause me.
Correct Answer Percentage: 100%
Reverse Cover Song 17: You Are Always Ever Getting Front Apart
Reverse Cover Song 17 Reversed: “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
Reverse Cover Artist: Saylor Twift
Correct Answer Percentage: 100%
Reverse Cover Song 18: I Can’t Send to Voicemail You Peggy
Reverse Cover Song 18 Reversed: “You Can Call Me Al”
Reverse Cover Artist: Saul Pimon
Notes: 90s kids know that Peggy is the opposite of Al. It just makes sense.
Correct Answer Percentage: 95.45454545%
Reverse Cover Song 19: Think Your Sense of Self
Reverse Cover Song 19 Reversed: “Say My Name”
Reverse Cover Artist: Chestiny’s Dild
Notes: Okay, I knew this one was gonna be tough. It was.
Correct Answer Percentage: 50%
Reverse Cover Song 20: Foot Out Your Carpenter Pants Loop for Hammers
Reverse Cover Song 20 Reversed: “Hand in My Pocket”
Reverse Cover Artist: Malanis Aorrisette
Notes: And this one I thought was going to be tough, but was not. Who knows?!
Correct Answer Percentage: 100%
Come one, come all! Any correct answer this time around got you into the Puzzleboy Pantheon! Congrats to all!
Alex S.
Anne E.
Audrey A.
Beth G.
Brad K.
Cyrus H.
Dan B.
Ed W.
Eric C.
Helene L.
Jack R.
Jay W.
Jeff D.
Jesse F.
Joan J.
Kari A.
Luke S.
Maxim L.
Nick H.
Rakedu T.
Ryan D.
Tim M.
Series Two has ended! Congratulations and a truly sincere thank you to everyone who read, played, or shared this second, and dare I say best, batch of puzzles!
If you’ve made it this far, you clearly are enjoying yourself, so if you have someone in your life who you think might also enjoy The Puzzleboy, I’d love it if you’d forward a puzzle their way and see if they’d like to join!
But before we go, let’s give a shout out to the top three players in Series Two!
FIRST PLACE
(for two series running!)
Maxim L.
Also FIRST PLACE
Rakedu T.
SECOND PLACE
(for two series running!)
Helene L.
Next month, we step up to the mound for Series Three of The Puzzleboy. Get your scorecards ready and sharpen your pencils as you join us on May 1st for:
